A gift received by Poland's police chief during his visit to Ukraine exploded on Wednesday morning in a room adjacent to his office, the Interior Ministry has reported.
There are no radiation threats to Poland caused by a Russian attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) has reported.
The explosion of a Soviet-made missile that killed two Polish citizens near the border with Ukraine was an isolated incident and there is no immediate threat to Polish citizens, Andrzej Duda, Poland's president, has said.
The presidents of the European Council and the European Commission have expressed alarm at the news of a blast having killed people on Polish territory and extended words of support for Poland.
The Polish and US presidents, Andrzej Duda and Joe Biden, respectively, are holding a telephone conversation after reports alleging a Russian missile hit Polish territory.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, has said that Russian missiles hit Polish territory on Tuesday and called the incident "a significant escalation".
The US Department of State has announced that it has been cooperating with Poland to determine what has happened in connection with reports alleging that two Russian missiles struck a location inside Poland near the Ukraine border.
The Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have expressed concerns over reports that a Russian missile could have hit Polish territory and declared support for Warsaw.
Poland's prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has visited a coal mine where five people were killed in apparent methane explosions on Tuesday night, paying tribute to the four miners and one rescuer who lost their lives.
Polish President Andrzej Duda will participate on Friday night in a videoconference convened by US President Joe Biden to discuss the Ukrainian crisis with EU, Nato and other leaders, Duda's aide has said.
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